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verb
To bake insufficiently, or less than usual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: overbake, burn, scorch
Broader terms: bake, undercook, underdo
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *bheh3g- Proto-Indo-European *bhh3g- Proto-Germanic *bakaną Proto-West Germanic *bakan Old English bacan Middle English baken English bake English underbake From under- + bake.
